In order to help limit the spread of COVID-19 some exhibitors have cancelled or postponed screenings, and more will likely follow suit. For the first time in the history of Celluloid Chicago we cannot in good conscience encourage people to go to public screenings. However we will continue to update this list so it can serve, as it has for nearly a decade, as a record of exhibition history.
We also recognize that the choice to close or cancel screenings during this time is very difficult one to make for organizations that revolve around communal movie-going. Below is a list of film-capable organizations who have postponed or cancelled screenings along with (when available) links to pages where you can donate or buy memberships. Support these places if you can and hopefully we’ll all be at the movies together again soon!
Note: Reopening dates are subject to change!
Exhibitors Who Have Announced Closures or Cancellations:
Onion City Film & Video Festival
Doc Films (Spring Season cancelled)
Block Cinema at the Block Museum of Art (closed through mid-April)
Gene Siskel Film Center (closed through April 10) – Donations, Memberships
Music Box Theatre (closed through April 3) – Memberships, Gift Cards
Chicago Film Society (screenings postponed till April 30) – Donations
Facets Cinematheque (closed through April 17) – Memberships
Chicago Filmmakers (Closed through April 11) – Memberships, Donations
Friday 3/13
2:00 PM
Music Box Theatre: 70mm Festival
Khartoum — Basil Dearden — 1966 — 128 min
70mm with magnetic sound from Park Circus
7:00 PM
Music Box Theatre: 70mm Festival
Interstellar — Christopher Nolan — 2014 — 169 min
70mm with DTS sound from Paramount
7:00 PM
Chicago Filmmakers: Onion City Experimental Film & Video Festival
Standing Forward Full — Alee Peoples — 2020 — 5.5 min
16mm from Alee Peoples
Part of Program 1: “Are We There Yet?”
11:00 PM
Music Box Theatre: 70mm Festival
Tron — Steven Lisberger — 1982 — 95 min
70mm with magnetic sound from Disney
Saturday 3/14
Noon
Music Box Theatre: 70mm Festival
Hello, Dolly! — Gene Kelly — 1969 — 146 min
70mm with DTS sound from Fox/Disney
2:00 PM
Chicago Filmmakers: Onion City Experimental Film & Video Festival
A Norm Bruns Retrospective
Theatre of the Horse and Moon – 13 mins
Swim – 7 mins
Bed Desert – 5 mins
Figure With 14 Trains – 7 mins
Bingo – 6 mins
Piano Dance – 3 mins
Blue Aura – 4 mins
Duck – 3 mins
The Poet and the Pond – 6 mins
Screen Test – 3 mins
The Unusual Book – 10 mins
All Super 8 from the family of Norm Bruns
4:00 PM
Music Box Theatre: 70mm Festival
The Untouchables — Brian de Palma — 1987 — 119 min
70mm blowup with magnetic sound from Paramount
7:00 PM
Music Box Theatre: 70mm Festival
Once Upon a Time in Hollywood — Quentin Tarantino — 2019 — 161 min
70mm with DTS sound from Sony Pictures Repertory
11:00 PM
Music Box Theatre: 70mm Festival
Lifeforce — Tobe Hooper — 1985 — 101 min
70mm blowup with magnetic sound from Park Circus
Sunday 3/15
Noon
Music Box Theatre: 70mm Festival
Tron — Steven Lisberger — 1982 — 95 min
70mm with magnetic sound from Disney
2:30 PM
Music Box Theatre: 70mm Festival
Once Upon a Time in Hollywood — Quentin Tarantino — 2019 — 161 min
70mm with DTS sound from Sony Pictures Repertory
7:00 PM
Music Box Theatre: 70mm Festival
Khartoum — Basil Dearden — 1966 — 128 min
70mm with magnetic sound from Park Circus
Monday 3/16
2:30 PM
Music Box Theatre: 70mm Festival
Once Upon a Time in Hollywood — Quentin Tarantino — 2019 — 161 min
70mm with DTS sound from Sony Pictures Repertory
6:30 PM
Music Box Theatre: 70mm Festival
Tron — Steven Lisberger — 1982 — 95 min
70mm with magnetic sound from Disney
9:00 PM
Music Box Theatre: 70mm Festival
Lifeforce — Tobe Hooper — 1985 — 101 min
70mm blowup with magnetic sound from Park Circus
Tuesday 3/17
2:30 PM
Music Box Theatre: 70mm Festival
Interstellar — Christopher Nolan — 2014 — 169 min
70mm with DTS sound from Paramount
6:00 PM
Gene Siskel Film Center: From Asia, With Love
Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow? — Arwin Chen — 2013 — 107 min
35mm
7:00 PM
Music Box Theatre: 70mm Festival
The Untouchables — Brian de Palma — 1987 — 119 min
70mm blowup with magnetic sound from Paramount
Wednesday 3/18
2:30 PM
Music Box Theatre: 70mm Festival
The Untouchables — Brian de Palma — 1987 — 119 min
70mm blowup with magnetic sound from Paramount
7:00 PM
Music Box Theatre: 70mm Festival
Hello, Dolly! — Gene Kelly — 1969 — 146 min
70mm with DTS sound from Fox/Disney
Thursday 3/19
2:30 PM
Music Box Theatre: 70mm Festival
Once Upon a Time in Hollywood — Quentin Tarantino — 2019 — 161 min
70mm with DTS sound from Sony Pictures Repertory
7:00 PM
Music Box Theatre: 70mm Festival
Interstellar — Christopher Nolan — 2014 — 169 min
70mm with DTS sound from Paramount